The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-08-04
New goods for our stores continue to ar-

New goods for our stores continue to ar-
rive daily.
The town is full Of machine experts, oil
busy at work.
Hoover Bros. shipped some hides to Grand
Forks this week.
At Devils Lake frog legs are among the
delicacies in the market.
The machine man can now "rustleth'' &C
cording to his hearts content.
Cranberries have been added to the stock
Of small fruits in town, the past week.
Jack Cockerill departed for Grand Forks
Tuesday morning, where he intends to put
in the fall at harvesting.
This has been rather quiet week for .
newspaper. When the new wheat comes in
matters will take fresh turn.
The Minnewaukan people are oil worked
up over the prospect Of the Minneapolis &
Pacific railroad striking that point this fall.
". H. Mcintosh was<very i'll the latter
part Of last week; 6e has now sufficiently
recuperated to agaiHbe on duty, smiling -
ever.
Bob Dickey is always ,feady to tie horse
for lady when the lsher wishes to dismount
from the buggy to 9i6it friends. IT'S funny,
but It's true.
You can sometimes catch . weasel asleep,
but not W. A. Hillhouse. He is . crack
shot, and wages merciless war against all
pestiferous animals.
Even the banker, like other people, goes
berry picking occasionally, when he gets
weary of cashing checks and making out
drafts on foreign banks.
The weather report for July can be found
in another column. Mr.. Hofacker Is not
"Wiggins' or "Vennor," but he records
the weather accurately and faithfully.
Raspberrying has been AL the rage the
past week. Parties It sn ages, sexes and
conditions have gone up into the mountains
daily in quest of this delicious small fruit.
The papers Of nearly all our neighboring
towns continue to give every week accounts
Of brilliant baseball matches, while Botti-
neau--alas, it's first and second mines now
wander in "greener fields and pastures new"
Some Of the boys were talking base ball
the other day, when one little urchin spoke
up and said: II sometimes think that my
mother can plsy ball pretty we'll" "Why? ?"
was asked. because she is the boss striker
on the home base"
Our customs officer, Capt J. G.. Thompson,
arrived home from Minnesota last Friday
night, accompanied BY his wife, two daugh-
ters and little son, xHo will make this place
their future residence. Almost the first
thing the worthy captain said, upon getting
off the cars, was, "Well, how's the military
company getting alongf'
Some Of our young people are very fond Of
picnics. Notwithstanding the fact that the
present weather is suggestive Of freckles, and
blisters dainty hands, they take NO notice Of
such distractiag things, for
"There's nothing half 50 jolly as picnic
party,
With the victuals all on the ground;
The bugs in the butter, the ants in the
milk,
And the skeeters buzzing "'round!"
II am going to send for my wife right
awayr' exclaimed man as he came into our
Office the other day, II am tired Of killing 50
many Of these condemned feas every night.
With her here, I'll have something to divert
my attention, and divide my snnoyaDces
with" Egad We are tempted to say
"Why is the spirit Of mortal man 80 proud p
But nevertheless we applaud his spirit Of
bringing his better half to Bottineau.